Ballmer Hits Back At Critics: YOU TELL ME IF I LACK ENERGY OR CONVICTION!

Geekwire has a great audio
clip of Ballmer speaking at the Seattle Rotary Club where
someone asked him for his reaction to people that say it's time
for him to leave.

He bellowed as only he can, "YOU TELL ME IF I LACK ENERGY OR
CONVICTION, or we're not driving all the change we need to
drive."

(That was met with applause from the Rotary Club.)

We don't think anyone has ever questioned Ballmer's energy or
conviction. It's always been about his ability to execute and see
around the corner that has been under question. Microsoft is driving more change with the
introduction of Windows Phone, but it's really late to the
party and so far it's completely missing out on the next wave of
computing -- tablets like the iPad.

Ballmer was also asked about Windows 8 and what it means to
Microsoft. His response: "You cut me open and saw what was
inside: Windows. Windows. Windows. Windows ... Our company was
born on the back of Windows. Windows underpins a huge percentage
of all of our success, all of our profitability, all of the
important things that we do. So, how important is it? Very, would
be a very fair answer."